Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 819: The Mad Zheng Jia Ru

When he asked those questions, he closely observed Ye Ruozai’s facial expressions. Upon noticing a slight twitch at the corner of Ye Ruozai’s mouth, Gerald became even more convinced of his suspicions. He didn’t care what answer Ye Ruozai gave; he simply wanted to see the other party’s reaction.

"Lanloste, attack him! He is at his weakest now and cannot be allowed to come to his senses! Otherwise, if he uses that strange attack method we don’t yet understand, it will be us who suffer!" Gerald ordered Lanloste, keeping his eyes on Ye Ruozai.

Hearing these words, Lanloste frowned, feeling very dissatisfied. According to common logic, Gerald and his group were summoned by him, and it’s one thing for them to disregard him, but now they’re giving him orders. Shouldn’t he, as a pure energy being, be more suited for such dangerous tasks? Even if there’s danger, as long as their souls are intact, they can regenerate, but he doesn’t even qualify to be nourished by believers, and if he dies, he dies for real!

This moment of hesitation on the battlefield, where opportunities are fleeting, can turn the tides of victory. Seeing Lanloste hesitate after hearing his command, Gerald became furious and reprimanded him, "What are you thinking...?"

The sentence was cut off by a thunderous explosion from behind. Before Gerald could react, he and Lanloste were swept into the air by the ensuing blast wave.

Ye Ruozai, who had been observing the battle at Xia Yu’s location with a sidelong glance, clearly saw the entire explosion and immediately took evasive action. With this external divine intervention, he finally regained his senses from the torment. While Gerald was still dazed and confused by the shock, Ye Ruozai launched a swift and fierce attack. Under the dual constraints of his internal powers being restricted and external blows, Gerald couldn’t resist and was struck on the shoulder by Ye Ruozai’s sword. In a reflexive move, he pushed Gerald back, sending him flying with the Sword Qi released by his Longsword.

Gerald, caught and supported by Boss, first glared at the retreating Lanloste, then looked again at Ye Ruozai, who had by then joined Xia Yu, standing protectively in front of her. Finally, having neutralized and sealed off the strange energy within him, Gerald took a long breath and warned, "This man has a peculiar supernatural ability that can negate our divine blessings and seal our internal energy. When attacking, be cautious: if you feel discomfort, immediately check yourself for invading foreign energy."

He then coldly chuckled at Ye Ruozai, "He also has another attack method, which I still haven’t figured out how he performs, but I’m sure it bypasses our energy body’s self-healing feature and can directly eliminate us! We must be especially careful. Fortunately, every time he uses this technique, he suffers significant backlash. I can sacrifice myself to lure him into using this skill; once I’m gone, you must seize the moment to eliminate him!"

Hearing Gerald’s words, Lanloste lowered his head in shame, knowing that his timid performance today would definitely be recorded, and regardless of the battle’s outcome, he’d face reprimand or even harsh punishment from the Knight Association after the competition.

"That girl is no longer capable of fighting; let’s dispatch this person quickly—the battle’s outcome is still in our hands!" Ignoring Lanloste’s self-pity beside him, Gerald finished analyzing the situation and looked menacingly at Ye Ruozai. With an understanding of his opponent’s weakness, he was confident that sticking to his plan would lead to victory.

"Heh heh heh!" Ye Ruozai casually planted his Longsword into the ground and clapped, showing a genuine, relaxed smile for the first time since the battle began. "Your plan is indeed well thought out. If I were to follow your script, I’d likely end up in despair today. But have you forgotten someone all this time?"

Saying this, Ye Ruozai looked past the crowd at someone behind them and lamented, "Old Zheng! We’ve been waiting for you for so long!"

"Oh! Leave the rest to me!" A slightly manic voice sounded from behind everyone.

Hearing this voice, Gerald and his companions suddenly realized that there was another person in the investigation hall who hadn’t entered the battle. It wasn’t that they underestimated him; they had been aware of his presence from the start. However, the series of intense fights had drawn all their attention to Xia Yu and Ye Ruozai, thus ignoring his existence.

Zheng Jia Ru!

The four quickly changed their formation from a semicircle surrounding Ye Ruozai to two teams facing the two opponents separately. Only then did Jiaheris finally see the person speaking behind him. At this moment, Zheng Jia Ru looked like a steamed lobster, his entire body glowing red. His body emitted high temperatures, and as the heat interacted with the air, tendrils of white mist enveloped him, shrouding his silhouette. Amidst the mist, a pair of beast-like eyes glowed with a violent, fierce light. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Was it you who hurt the little princess of my investigation hall and injured my friend? I’m very angry now! Extremely angry! Do you know how angry I am? I will make you pay for your actions! Yo! Yo! Ready to face my wrath?"

Watching Zheng Jia Ru dance a little jig in the mist and prattle on, the Round Table Knights sent to intercept him were puzzled, not knowing his intentions. Even Xia Yu, lying on the ground, looked helpless, furious and embarrassed at being called ’little princess’, "What’s wrong with him? He’s usually so stable, how did he become like this?"

"Ah! His brain’s overheated!" Having often witnessed similar scenes when helping Zheng Jia Ru test the limits of his new ability, Ye Ruozai was no longer surprised, explaining softly to Xia Yu in Mandarin with his hand on his sword hilt, "Other than the new ability he gained during origin conversion, which he hasn’t told me about, another one of his abilities came from the Secret Prison—it’s an engine."

"Engine? Did he waste all this time just to activate this ability?" It was also Xia Yu’s first time hearing about Zheng Jia Ru’s new ability. Was this engine-like ability, which didn’t sound very impressive, really worth Zheng Jia Ru taking so much time to activate?

"Yes, that’s correct, an engine!" Ye Ruozai nodded with a smile and continued to explain, "This ability helps its user maximize their physical capabilities to the limit. Its advantages were not apparent, as the original user’s baseline wasn’t great, and even with the ability, they could only exceed common human physical limits by a few times. The downsides are obvious: it takes a long time to activate. In the Secret Prison, it was considered a quite useless ability, not favored by other agents and left unclaimed."

"But when this ability met Zheng Jia Ru, it was truly a case of a talented person finding their match! The combination of the two could unleash unimaginable effects!"